All Business Jets articles – Page 625
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Flying Display
12.47 Paramoteur; Airtractor; Sukhoi Su-26; Eurocopter display: NH-90, EC-135, EC-155 and Tiger 13.15 C-235 take-off for parachute drop; SF-260 take-off; Northrop Grumman E-2; Grob 115E and 115TA; 13.30 Yak 30; Parachute descent; Aero L-139 and L-159; Sukhoi Su-26; Casa 212, Casa 235-300 and Casa 295; 14.0 Saab Erieye; ...
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New orders give Sextant an optimistic outlook
Not only is Sextant Avionique on home territory at the Paris air show, it is also very bullish thanks to recently-confirmed orders for avionic and satcoms equipment. DaimlerChrysler Aviation has chosen a complete avionics package from Sextant for its A319 Corporate Jet fleet, including flight management systems (FMS), dual distance ...
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Gulfstream flies from strength to strength
Gulfstream Aerospace arrives in Paris in rude financial health with an overflowing order book and projections for a record-breaking year of production. With the Gulfstream V - the ultimate in luxury business travel - entering a third year of customer deliveries and with 141 aircraft sold, president and CEO ...
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Teal forecasts boom times for business jets
Describing business jets as "the hottest segment of the aviation industry", Teal Group market analysts predict in a forecast released at the show that almost 4,900 corporate aircraft worth over $62 billion will be produced from 1999 to 2008. This compares with just over 3,300 business jets worth around $40 ...
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Success in compact satcom system demonstration
Simultaneous telephone and fax messages from the cabin of a Challenger 604 business jet successfully demonstrated the Rockwell Collins Satellite Communications (SATCOM) 5000 Aero-I system. The system completed communication through Satellite Aircom's Inmarsat ground station in Aussaguel, France. The Collins single box SATCOM 5000 is a small, light satellite ...
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Galaxy as good as its word
There is nothing like being able to say "I told you so" - and for Brian Barents, Galaxy Aerospace's president and chief executive, that pleasure should prove especially sweet during Paris '99. Two years ago, Barents and his fledgling company unveiled a cabin mockup of their proposed super-midsize Galaxy business ...
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Meridian turboprop plays merry tune for Piper
Visitors to Paris '99 can get their first glimpse of the New Piper Aircraft's Malibu Meridian six-seat single turboprop. A mock-up of the aircraft is making its European debut on Piper's stand in Hall 3. Orders for the Meridian, which is on track for a mid-2000 certification, have now ...
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Bombardier Continental set to take market by storm
Today's announcement that Bombardier's board has given the go ahead for the Continental business aircraft is hardly a surprise. The Canadian firm introduced the eight-passenger transcontinental jet on the eve of NBAA in November. It already had operators queuing up to take options following an extensive research project which ...
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Crossair order adds to Embraer success story
For Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer, launches and order announcements have become a matter of routine at the major air shows. Paris '99 seems set to follow the pattern, with expectations that the company will make at least one new customer announcement and also formally launch its 70- and 90-seater ...
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Second aircraft joins Premier testing programme
Raytheon now has two aircraft in its flight test programme for the Premier I business jet. A second aircraft has made its maiden flight from the company's headquarters in Wichita, Kansas. The second jet's first flight lasted 90min. The aircraft, which will be joined by third and fourth jets soon, ...
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ATN team aims for Paris flight demonstrations
A team including Aerospatiale, Thomson-CSF, Eurocontrol, the Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) and Sofreavia hopes to conduct flight demonstrations using the aeronautical telecommunication network (ATN) at this month's Paris air show. The ATN is being designed to integrate existing aeronautical networks in a seamless and interoperable internet, providing a ...
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Embraer studies ERJ options
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Embraer will announce at the Paris air show later this month the selection of an engine and cockpit avionics for its proposed new ERJ-170 and ERJ-190 family of regional aircraft. This will clear the way for a final decision on development planned for 1 July, although there ...
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Fairchild poised for US 428JET order
Paul Lewis/SAN ANTONIOFairchild Aerospace plans to announce a $1.5 billion launch order for the 428JET regional jet, along with additional 328JET sales, at the Paris air show. The company has refused to identify the customer, but it is widely believed to be US carrier Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA). San Antonio-based ...
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Regional redefinition
Bombardier's latest Canadair Regional Jet is more than just a stretch of its smaller sisters Paul Lewis/TORONTOTo describe the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 700 as a simple stretch of its smaller CRJ-200 sister would do a disservice to the extensive engineering that has gone into the new 70-seater. ...
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Embraer studies ERJ options
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Embraer will announce at the Paris air show later this month the selection of an engine and cockpit avionics for its proposed new ERJ-170 and ERJ-190 family of regional aircraft. This will clear the way for a final decision on development planned for 1 July, although there ...
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Lufthansa Technik looks for cuts as wages rise
Andrew Doyle/HAMBURGLufthansa Technik (LHT) is launching a renewed efficiency drive as it struggles to increase profits in the face of rising personnel costs created by this year's pay deal. The new collective bargaining agreement will saddle the German aircraft maintenance company with "a burden of over DM84 million [$45 million]" ...
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Gulfstream V record confirmed
Gulfstream's record GV flight from Johannesburg, South Africa, to the Philippine capital, Manila, last November has been certified by the governing agencies for aviation world records, the National Aeronautic Association and Federation Aéronautique Internationale. A fully equipped GV set two world records when it completed the "first ever" non-stop overwater ...
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Green completion
Midcoast Aviation has completed its first "green" Challenger 604 business jet under contract to Bombardier. The St Louis-based Sabreliner subsidiary is completing several aircraft for Bombardier because the manufacturer's completion facilities are full. Midcoast says it delivered the aircraft ahead of schedule. Source: Flight International
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TAECO completes work on second Xiamen hangar and eyes third
Andrzej Jeziorski/XIAMEN Chinese maintenance, repair and overhaul specialist Taikoo (Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering (TAECO) is studying further expansion as it prepares to commission its second new hangar. "We are in the process of consideration and evaluation for a third hangar here," says TAECO assistant managing director John Chi. Provided ...
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Bombardier fits Challenger FBW
The Challenger could soon benefit from a fly-by-wire aircraft control system Bombardier has completed the installation of a fly-by-wire (FBW) research flight control system in a Challenger testbed. The Active Control Technology (ACT) demonstrator has been fitted with a sidestick controller and flight control computer driving new servo-actuators on all ...